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@766 t I I UNITED STATES PATENT O FICE- ELI B. BRADFORD, MUNSTER, ILLINOIS.

HORSESHOElNG-STOCK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 505,565, dated September 26, 1893. Application filed February 7, 1893. Serial No. 461343- (NO 110 910 To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ELI B. BRADFORD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Munster, in the county of La Salle and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Im-, provement in Horseshoeing-Stocks, of which the following is a specification.

The objects of my invention are the construction of a suitable stock for holding vicious horses during the operation of shoeing, and securing them in such manner as will effectually prevent them from kicking, biting, bucking, or rearing, and thus injuring the shoer; furthermore, to construct the stock in as simple a manner as possible and obviate any liability of injury to the animal in its efforts to escape; and to adapt the machine for horses and mules of various'sizes.

Various other objects and advantages of the invention will appear in the following description, and the novel features thereof will be particularly pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawingsw-Figure 1 is a perspective viewof a machine constructed in accordance with my invention, a horse being shown in position therein. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view thereof. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view. Fig. 4 is an inner side elevation of the block for supporting the rear hoofrest. Fig. 5 is a detail in perspective of the fore-hoof rest. Fig. 6 is a similar view of one of the rear hoof-rests. Fig. 7 is a transverse vertical section through the upper portion of the stock and the adjustable frame thereof. Fig. 8 is a detail in perspective of the hoof-rest shown in Fig. 5. Fig. 9 is a rear elevation of the lower portion of the stock. Fig. 10 is a detail of the lever and the connection between it and the adjustable rest. Fig. 11 is a section through the hoofrest at the rear of the stock.

Like numerals of reference indicate like parts in all the figures of the drawings.

From the floor or other support there rises a pair of transversely-opposite inclined posts 1, and in rear of the same a pair of inclined posts 2. The posts 1 and 2 are connected at their upper ends by cross-pieces, designated, respectively, 3 and 4, and at their upper ends are furthermore connected by side-bars 5, whose ends project beyond the posts and at their front ends are provided with rings 6.

A pair of cross-sills 7 are located in front and in rear of the posts 1 and 2 and extend at their ends beyond said posts and have spiked or otherwise secured thereto front and rear pairs of inclinedbraces 8 and 9, respectively, whose upper ends are secured to the sides of the posts 1 and 2 and have secured-thereto short inclined standards 10 and 11, respectively, the front pair having guide-eyes 12 in their upper ends. The posts 1 are located nearer together than are the rear posts 2, and between the four posts mentioned, upon the cross-sills 7, there is supported the floor 13 of the apparatus, which is provided at its opposite sides between the posts 1 and 2 with hinged shields or doors 14, which are designed to be raised and lowered, and when raised to be secured in position through the medium of suitable hooks 15 which engage with eyes or staples upon said doors. A front cross-sill 16 is located in advance of the front sill of the pair 7 and which serves to support the extreme front end of the floor. From the extremities of this sill 16 extend rearwardly inclined braces 17, whose upper ends are bolted to the front faces of the front pair of standards 1.

A pair of horizontal arms 18 are secured to the inner sides of the posts 1 and inclined braces 17, the lower arm of each pair being extended beyond the braces 17 a short distance and there provided with a pair of drums or windlasses, designated as 19 and 20. i The windlasses 19 and'20 are operated through the medium of crank-handles 21 and*-22,-r espectively.

To the Windlass 20 there is secured one end of a rope 23, the front end of said rope carrying a hook 24, whose functions will be hereinafter described. Immediately in rear of the remaining Windlass 19 there is located between the guides 18 a transverse breastyoke or bar 24!, and the same has per-fora tions formed transversely therethrough. A pair of ropes 25 is made fast to the Windlass 19, have their rear ends passed through the transverse perforations in the breast-yoke or bar 2 1' and are secured to an ordinary sling 26, that is located at the rear end of the apparatus. The sling is supported in a manner hereinafter described, butit will be seen as thus far described, that through the medium of the rear windlass 19 the sling may IOC be drawn toward the breast-yoke or bar, all fora purpose hereinafter seen.

Between the front and rear pairs of posts 1 and 2 there are located and secured thereto opposite pairs of inclined ways 27, said ways being connected at their upper ends by crosspieces 28 from which to the cross-pieces 3 and 4 at the outer sides of which they are located, extend inverted L-shaped guide-plates 29, having slots 30. Between the ways perforated plates 31 are located, and received by the ways and designed for movement therein is a pair of transverse adjusting bars 32. From each bar rises a standard 33, and the upper ends of the standards 33 are received and guided by the slots 30 of the plates 29 during the Vertical movements of the bars 32. Levers 34 are fulcrumed between their ends upon the standards 33 and are connected loosely at opposite sides of their pivot or fulcrum-point with pairs of transversely-disposed adj usting-bolts 35, whose ends are designed to engage with any pair of the series of perforations formed in the adj usting-plates.

These levers are operated through the medium of rods 37, which are loosely connected at their upper ends to said levers and hang down within access of the shoer. It will be seen that by pushing the rods upwardly the bolts are withdrawn from the adjusting openings, or by drawing the rod downwardly the bolts are projected into convenient or adjacent openings. Bell-crank levers 38 are fulcrumed on the side-bars 5, and at their upper ends are provided with loops 39 which are designed to engage removably with hooks 40 pivoted at the sides of the inclined braces 8 and 9. The inner ends of the levers are by means of links 41 connected with the transverse adj ustin-g-bars 32, and it is through the medium of these levers that said bars are raised and lowered previous to locking them in their adjusted positions in the manner heretofore described. The upper side of the rear cross-bar 28 is provided with guide-eyes 42, and through these guide-eyes extend suspension ropes 43, whose rear ends are secured to the breeching -sling 26 heretofore mentioned, and whose extremities are carried forward through the guide-perforation 12 formed in the front standard 10 and depend below the same, where they may be secured at any point in a clamping device 44 that projects from the adjacent inclined brace 8.

Secured to the inner faces of the front and rear posts 1 and 2 and extending longitudinally and slightly converging toward their front ends is a pair of side-bars 46, whose rear ends extend beyond or in rear of the posts 2 and have theirinner faces cut awayor flared. These side pieces 46 are provided each with a pair of hooks 47, and a girth-apron 48 extends under from one side piece to the other and is suspended in its position through the medium of eyes 49 which engage with said hooks 47.

As thus far described it will be seen that by raising the breeching-sling through the medium of the elevating or suspension-ropes and by raising the transverse bars 32, a horse may be led into the stock in the same manner as he would enter his stall, after which the breeching is lowered to position and the bars 32 are lowered upon the back of the animal at the shoulders and hind-quarters. These bars are then secured in position and by winding upon the Windlass to which the ropes of the breeching-sling'are connected the horse is drawn forward until his breast is against the breast-yoke or bar 24. It will now be seen that the horse cannot back,buck,

or rear, nor can he move forward, and it only 7 remains to provide means for preventing him from biting,pawing, and kicking, and it will be to these means that I will now direct attention.

For the purpose of preventing biting,I employ the eyes 6 heretofore mentioned as being located at the front ends of the side pieces 5, and by securing the head of the animal to each of these eyes he will be prevented from turning his head or even raising and lowering the same, so that he cannot, under any circumstances bite a person employed about him.

Numerous devices maybe devised for conveniently supporting the animals feet during the process of shoeing, but in fact, my invention may stop right here, and I will depend upon this much of the same for the purpose of keeping the horse quiet merely. But oftentim es the animals are so vicious in their attempt to bite, kick, and paw that black-smiths lives are in great danger in undertaking to shoe them. I therefore provide the hereinafter described mechanism for raising and holding at the desired position both the hindand fore-feet of the animal. I will refer first to the arrangement of holding the fore-feet: A transverse rod 50 is located in eyes that depend from the breast-yoke or bar 24', and upon said rod there is mounted loosely and adapted to reciprocate from one side to the other a ring 51. In this ring is secured the center of a U-bail 52 whose terminals depend and are provided at their centers with bearing-eyes 53, and at their lower edges with bearing-eyes 54. The bearing-eyes 53 receive the opposite ends of a trunnion 55 passed through a head-block 56; and the lower bearing-eyes 54 receive trunnions 57 in a rest 58. In this manner the head-block and rest becomeloosely and eccentrically connected. Secured to the rest and extending above and below the same are vertical cheeks 59, and between the lower ends of the cheeks a lever 60 loosely takes, the front end of said lever being pivoted by a staple 61 to the under side of the rest. Perforations 62 are formed in the vertical cheeks 59 of the rest and through the same pass light ropes 63, one end of which terminates in an eye 64, and the remaining end in a hook 65 designed to removably engage the eye within the rest or rather over IIO the same. The rear portion or center of this rope engages removably over a hook 66 that is located upon the said lever 60. A clinching standard 67 is located upon the sill 16 in front of the machine, and the same has loosely hung in its upper end a swinging U-shaped locking link 68, which when the lever is depressed may be swung over the same for the purpose of maintaining it in such depressed position. Each of the braces 17 has loosely connected therewith a hook 70, and each of the hooks is adapted when the rest is located adjacent thereto to engage removably with an eye 71 located upon the front end of the rest, whereby it is maintained at that side of the machine. A lever 72 is pivoted as at 73 at its lower end to each of the posts 1, and is provided with a pawl designed to engage with any one of a series of teeth formed in a curved locking-bar 74 secured to each of the posts. The lever has connected therewith a rope 75 Whose free end carries a hook 76 designed to removably engage with an eye 77 on the side of the rest, so that after the horses leg is within the rest the lever may be swung upon its fulcrum, and thus the leg drawn to one side or snugly against the post 1. Blocks 80 are located at the inner sides of the posts 1 and serve to support and lend stability to the rest.

In operation, in order to engage the forefoot the various hooks are disconnected from the rest, which is then manipulated through the medium of its lever or handle 60, and the rest being capable of slight vertical oscillation, regardless of the lever, is placed against the animals leg below the knee. The lever is then pushed to the rear, the rest swinging upon its proper suspension wire, and the leg of the animal yielding to it bends at the knee. The binding-rope within the rest then has its ends connected in rear of the knee and the rest is swung upon the block. The hooks are then connected and the lever 72 operated so as to draw the rest snugly in position upon the block, after which the lever 60 is de pressed and being snugly connected with the rest draws upon the binding-rope, thus snugly drawing the knee against the head-block of the rest. When in this position the U shaped locking-link in the standard 67 is operated to engage with the front end of the lever 60, and thus the animal stands upon three legs, one of his forefeet being securely held with the hoof exposed upon its under side to the action of the shoer. Through the medium of the doors or guards 1A the animal cannot kick the shoer and all danger is obviated.

In each of the rear posts 2 there is located a crank 81, the outer end of each of which is made fast to a hand-lever 82, provided with a pawl 83, designed toengage with any one of a series of notches 84 formed in a lockingplate 85. A lever 86 is connected with the inclined rest 87, which rest is provided at its rear inclined face with a hole 88 adapted to receive removably a toe-rest 89, and is provided at opposite sides thereofwith flanges 90, the whole forming a receiver for the hindleg of the animal. (See Fig. 6.) A short post 91 rises from the rest, and is connected by a ring 92 to the inner end of its crank-shaft. It will be understood of course that this rest is duplicated at the opposite side of the machine. To the inner flange of each of the rests there is pivoted at 93 a swinging-guard 94 (see Fig. 2), the same being designed to be thrown out beyond the edges of the flanges 90 so that when the rest isintroduced against the leg of the animal and his leg is naturally drawn up to escape contact he will not be enabled to draw it out of line with the rest, or from contact with the guard, so that furtherv movement of the rest will engage with the leg. It will be seen that this manipulation of the rest may be secured by the operator through the medium of the lever 86 before mentioned, the whole being raised and lowered through the medium of the crank 81.

A lever 95 is fulcrumed upon each of the rear standards 2, and is provided with a locking pawl 96, and a rope 97, having a hook 98, for removably engaging with an eye 99 formed at the outer side of the rear hoof-rest, whereby through the manipulation of said lever the rest may be drawn outwardly or toward the post 2.

Various means for supporting the rest other than its mere suspension-device will be readily suggested and I have herein shown and illustrated an adjustable support or block for this purpose. It will be understood that through the medium of the levers of the crank-shafts, from which the rests are suspended, the said rests may be raised and lowered so as to rest upon the block, whose G011. struction I will describe. 100 designates a lower base block, there being a pair em-. ployed, and secured each to one of the rear posts 2. This base-block has its front face inclined, as at 101, and interposed between ICC its inner face and adjacent post 2, there is a pair of cross-pins 102, a space being produced between the block and post which said crosspins traverse. 103 designates the upper or movable-block, and, like its companion 100, has a lower inclined face 104. The block 103, however, is provided witha toothed or notched strip 105 at its lower edge and upon its inner face, which strip extends beyond the lower inclined edge 104i, and two of its teeth are in engagement with the pins heretofore men: tioned, whereby the block 103 may be supported at any desired elevation. The inner face of the block 103 is provided with a slot ted-plate 106, and the same will engage with a headed-stud 107, which extends through and beyond the adjacent post 2. The stud has a head riding in the slot of the plate as the block 103 is slid up and down, for the purpose of adjustment upon the lower block. The outer end of the stud, which extends through the post, is provided with a nut, and by running the nut down upon the bolt, the lat ter serves to clamp the block 103 at any elevation. In this manner an adjustable support for the rest may be provided, and by operating the crank-shafts the rests may be raised and lowered to position upon the supports. A plate 108 is secured to the front edge of the upper block 103, the extremities of the p ate being turned outward and provided with perforations. A standard 109, has a staple 110, which loosely engages with the upper outwardly-turned ends of said. plate, while its lower end is provided with a pin 111 that takes into the lower outwardly-turned and perforated end of said plate. The upper end of the standard is beveled and extends slightly above the block 103, and it is upon its beveled end that the rest is lowered by its crank. It will be seen that it may be swung to either side and it will be held in position through the medium of a spring 112.

The toe-rest 8.9,it will be understood, is not in position when the hind-hoof is hoisted, but is placed in afterward by the attendant for the purpose of turning the hoof up and supporting it in convenient position to be operated upon.

Each of the windlasses 19 and 20, it will be understood, is provided with a pawl and ratchet for locking the same at any desired point. The hook at the end of the rope, which is secured tothe Windlass 23, is designed to engage the front hoofs of the animal and serve to draw the same up upon the clinching-post 67,whereby the nails may be clinched.

It is to be understood that changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having described my invention, what I claim is' a 1. In a stock of the class described, the combination with a framework comprising opposite side-bars, of abreeching located at the rear end of the framework, a stop at the front end of the framework, means for adjusting the breeching toward the stop, and a girth connecting the opposite side-bars, substantially as specified.

2. In a stock of the-class described, the combination with a framework comprising opposite side-bars and a front stop, of a breeching, means for adjusting the same toward the stop, opposite hooks located upon the sidebars, and a girth terminating in eyes for engaging the hooks, substantially as specified.

3. In a stock of the class described, the combination with a framework, a front stop, a breeching, and means for adjusting the same toward the stop, of front and rear transverse bars, and means for raising and lowering and locking the same, substantially as specified.

4. In a stock of the class described, the combination with a framework, a front stop, a breeching at the rear end of the framework, means for adjusting the same toward the stop, of opposite guide-frames, adjusting holes located between the guides of the frames, cross-bars having their ends located in the guides, sliding-bolts mounted on the crossbars and adapted to engage the holes,alever pivoted on each of the cross-bars and connected to the bolts at opposite sides of its pivot, and rods connected to the upper ends of the levers for reciprocating the bolts, substantially as specified.

5. In a stock of the class described, the combination with the framework, a front stop, a breechin g, and front and rear inclined guideframes provided intermediate the guides with holes, of adj usting-bars transversely-disposed and mounted between the guides, standards rising therefrom, perforated guide-plates for the standards, levers fulcru med on the standards, bolts mounted on the bars, adapted to engage the holes, and loosely connected at their inner ends to the levers at opposite sides of the pivots of the latter, rods connected to the levers for operating the same, and raising and lowering levers mounted on the framework and connected with said bars, substantially as specified.

6. In a stock of the class described, the combination with a framework, a perforated breast-bar located at the front end thereof, transverse adjustable bars arranged over the framework, and a rear breeching-sling, of a Windlass located in front of the breast-bar, ropes connected to the sling and passed through the perforations in the breast-bar and made fast to the Windlass, and a crank for operating the Windlass, substantially as specified.

7. In a stock of the class described, the combination with a framework comprising upper side-bars extending beyond the framework and provided with opposite eyes for engaging the harness of a horse, of front and rear vertically adjustable bars, an adjustable breech at the rear end of the stock, substantially as specified.

8. In a stock of the class described, the combination with a stock-frame and means for securing the animal therein, of a clinching-post located in front of the frame, a winding device located above the clinching-post, and a rope provided with a hook and secured to the winding device, substantially as specified.

9. In a stock of the class described, the combination with the stock-frame containing animal-retaining devices, of a transverse rod connecting the front posts of the frame, opposite blocks secured to the inner faces of the posts, a wire-bail suspended from the rod and movable thereon, a head-block journaled in the eyes of the bail between the ends of the latter, a lower rest pivoted between the lower end of the bail, a lever for depressing the rest and connected thereto, opposite cheek-pieces secured to the rest, a rod secured to the lever and having its ends passed through perforations in the cheek-pieces and adapted to be removably connected, levers secured to said front posts, means for locking the levers, ropes secured to the levers and provided with hooks, eyes secured to the rest for removably engaging the hooks, and front hooks secured to the framework of the stock and adapted to removably engage eyes on the front end of the rest, substantially as specified.

10. In a stock of the class described, the combination with the stock-frame comprising animal-retaining devices, of a transverse-rod, and a fore-foot supporting device removably mounted on the rod and adapted to be slid to opposite sides of the frame, substantially as specified.

11. In a stock of the class described, the combination with the stock-frame, of a suspension-bail, a rest pivoted to the suspensionbail, and a cheek-piece pivoted to the suspension-bail eccentrically with the rest, a lever for operating the rest, and a locking device for depressing and retaining the lever, substantially as specified.

12. In a stock of the class described, the combination with the stock-frame, of a suspension-bail, a rest pivoted to the suspensionbail, and a cheek-piece pivoted to the sus-- pension-bail eccentrically with the rest, a lever for operating the rest, a post located at one side of the lever, and a U shaped locking bail pivoted in the post and adapted to engage said lever, substantially as specified.

13. In a stock of the class described, the combination with the stock-frame having animal-retaining devices, and a suspended forefoot rest, of devices for securing the foot within the rest, a block for supporting the rest, and means for drawing the rest over and upon the block, substantially as specified.

14. In a stock of the class described, the combination with the stock-frame having animal-retaining devices, of crank-shafts located at the rear ends of the frame and provided with operating means, and hind-foot supporting rests supported by the crank shafts, substantially as specified.

15. In a stock of the class described, the combination with thestock-frame comprising rear posts, opposite crank-shafts journaled in the posts, levers for operating the crankshafts, and opposite rests suspended by the crank-shafts, substantially as specified.

16. In a stock of the class described, the

combination with the stock-frame comprising animal-retaining devices, of opposite hindfoot rests, means for supporting the same, openings formed in the lower ends of the rest, and toe-supports removably mounted in the openings, substantially as specified.

17. In a stock of the class described, the combination with a stock-frame comprising animal-retaining devices, of hind-foot supports, and pivoted guard-arms located at the inner edges of the supports and adapted to extend beyond the same, substantially as specified.

18. In astock of the class described, the combination with the stock-frame comprising animal-retaining devices, of opposite adj ustable blocks, and a hind-foot support adapted to be supported by the blocks, substantially as specified.

19. In a stock of the class described, the

combination with a frame comprising rear posts, of opposite inclined blocks rigidly secured at the base of the posts and forming intermediate spaces, pins crossing the spaces, upper inclined blocks mounted on the lower blocks, toothed flanges secured to the inner faces of said upper blocks and engaging said teeth, slotted plates secu red to the inner faces of the adjusting -blocks, bolts extending through the posts and engaging the slots, bearing-brackets secured to the rear edges of the adjusting blocks, and bearing standards loosely connected to the upper portions of the brackets and loosely stepped in the lower portions thereof, substantially as specified.

20. In a stock of the class described, the combination with the stock-frame comprising stock-retaining devices, the inclined rests, devices for raising and lowering the rests, levers connected with the rests, levers fulcrumed upon the posts of the frame, means for looking the levers, ropes connected with the levers, hooks secured to the ropes, andeyes for receiving the hooks secured to the rests, substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ELI B. BRADFORD.

Witnesses:

W. O. FLrcK, E. H. BAILEY. 

